UN  B.  STETSON  UNIVERSITY 

LINCOLN  HULLEY,  Ph.  D.,  Litt.  D.,  LL.D., 

President, 

DeLAND,        -:-        -:-        FLORIDA. 


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THE  LATE  HENRY  A.  DeLAND, 

Who   founded    the  City    of    DeLand,  "The   Athens    of 

Florida." 

49  Professors  and  Instructors.  17  University  Buildings. 

58!  Students  Enrolled  Last  Year. 
28  Acre  Campus.  $300,000  Productive  Endowment. 

For  Catalogues,  Folders,  Bulletins,  and  Other  Information,  Address 

STETSON  UNIVERSITY,  DELAND,  FLORIDA. 


Published  by  the  John  B.  Stetson  University  as  frequently  as  four  times  a  year, 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  of  July  Iti,  1894  Entered  as 
second-class  matter  at  the  postoffice  at  DeLand,  Fla.     Issued  Quarterly,  Vol.  IX,  No.  2 

JUNE    1909. 


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ELIZABETH    HALL,    STETSON    UNIVERSITY. 

This  splendid  structure,  250  feet  in  length,  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  complete   build- 
ings devoted  to  educational  purposes  in  the  entire  South. 


FACULTY  AND  STUDENT  BODY. 

There  are  forty-nine  (49)  Professors,  Instructors  and  Assistants  on  the 
teaching  staff  of  Stetson  University.  They  hold  degrees  from  Harvard,  University 
of  Chicago,  Yale,  Cornell.  Columbia,  University  of  Michigan,  Bucknell,  Bowdoin 
Dennison,  Wake  Forest,  Utrecht-Holland,  Louisville,  Woman's  College  of  Balti- 
more, Woman's  College  of  Richmond  and  other  institutions.  They  are  men  and 
women  of  sterling  Christian  character  and  take  an  active  interest  in  all  phases  of 
the  stadent  life. 

There  were  five  hundred  eighty-one  (581)  students  enrolled  last  year  in  all 
departments  of  the  University.  They  represent  thirty-seven  (37)  Florida  coun- 
ties twenty-three  (23)   states  and  three  (3)   foreign  countries. 

STETSON'S  EQUIPMENT. 

The  University  has  a  line  property.  Her  seventeen  buildings  are  situated  in 
;i  grove  "f  oak  and  pine  trees,  in  the  midst  of  a  campus  of  twenty-eight  acres, 
on  gently  rolling  land,  on  the  northern  v<\<ac  of  the  City  of  DeLand. 

'•mi  has  almosl   four  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($400,000.00)  invested  in 
buildings  and  equipment,  and  she  has  a  productive  endowmenl  of  three  hundred 

thousand    ($300,000.00)    dollars. 

I)i  LAND,  "THE  ATHENS  OF  FLORIDA." 

DeLand  i-  known  throughout  the  country  as  "The  Athens  of  Florida"     It 

well  organized  city  government,  and  a  strong  progressive  public  spirit; 

good  railw;  and  postal  service;  electric  li.uhts,  water  works,  and  lire 

tion;  beautiful  homes  and   spacioui    \ards  and  gardens;  splendid  church 

i  public  buildings  and  mile-,  of  improved  streets  and  beautiful  drive 

t    upon   a    hill." 


THE    MORNING    CHAPEL    ASSEMBLY    AT   STETSON. 


Stetson  has  a  beautiful  chapel,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  more  than  900. 
It  has  costly  furnishings,  including  stained  glass  windows,  seven  oil  paintings  and 
a  $10,000-00  pipe  organ. 

In  this  splendid  auditorium  the  great  interdenominational  vesper  services 
are  held  each  Sunday  at  4  o'clock.  At  these  services,  crowded  often  to  the  full 
capacity  of  the  hall,  the  President  delivers  the  address  and  the  University  choir 
of  more  than  60  voices  renders  the  most  select  sacred  music.  In  this  hall  too, 
the  Lyceum  and  Chautauqua  Courses  are  conducted,  and  the  great  Oratorios  and 
Music  Festivals  are  held.  During  the  coming  year  a  Shakespeare  Festival  will 
be  held  here  in  the  month  of  February. 


ONE  OF  PRESIDENT  HULLEY  S  CLASSES   ASSEMBLED  ON   THE   STEPS  OF  ELIZABETH    HALL. 


CARNEGIE  LIBRARY,   STETSON    UNIVERSITY. 

This  imposing  structure  is  150  feet  long  and  50  feet  wide,  not  counting  the 
portico  in  the  front  or  the  stack  room  in  the  rear.  It  is  one  of  the  four  best 
buildings  on  the  Stetson  campus.  This  library  alone  represents  an  investment  in 
building,  endowment  and  books  of  more  than  $120,000.00.  It  contains  more  than 
15,000  bound  volumes  of  the  best  selected  books,  and  an  extensive  collection  of 
the  best  periodical  literature-  It  is  the  United  States  Depository  for  the  State 
of  Florida. 

On  the  second  floor  of  this  building,  there  are  two  large  and  well  lighted 
halls  for  the  Young  Men's  and  Young  Women's  Christian  Associations,  also  a 
number  of  Literary  Society  and  Debating  Club  rooms. 


LOOKING    UP  TH1    BOULEVARD   1 v    TH]    DIRECTION   OF  CHAUDOIN    HALL,  Tin 

ROB    YOUNG    WOMEN. 


DORMITORY 


A    PORCH    PARTY   AT   CHAUDOIN    HALL. 

The  authorities  at  Stetson  University  take  great  pride  in  the  high  character  of  her  young 
women.  They  are  a  choice  body  of  young  people  from  the  very  best  homes  of  Florida  and  else- 
where.    Their  home  life  in  the  dormitory  is  made  thoroughly  attractive  and  enjoyable. 

.Miss  Ellen  Martien,  the  dean  of  women,  presides  with  queenly  dignity  over  the  affairs  of 
Chaudoin  hall,  and  it  is  often  remarked  by  mothers  familiar  with  her  tactful  and  careful  adminis- 
tration of  its  affairs,  that  the  young  ladies  who  make  their  home  in  this  hall,  are  not  only  sur- 
rounded by  the  most  ideal  environment  of  culture,  but  that  they  are  actually  safer  in  most  cases 
than  they  could  hope  to  be  even  in  their  home  communities. 

THE  COLLEGE  OF  LIBERAL  ARTS. 

The  Stetson  College  of  Liberal  Arts  was  affiliated  in  1897  with  the  Univer- 
sitv  of  Chicago,  in  recognition  of  the  excellence  of  her  work.  She  maintains  the 
following  departr  ents : 


English    Language   and    Literature ; 
Latin  Language  and  Literature ; 
Greek   Language  and  Literature ; 
German  Language  and  Literature; 
French  Language  and  Literature ; 
Spanish  Language  and  Literature ; 
Philosophy   and   Education; 
History  and   Political   Science; 


Sociology  and  Economics ; 
Mathematics  and   Astronomy; 
Physics   and    Mechanics ; 
Chemistry ; 
Biological   Sciences ; 
Zoological   Sciences ; 
Public  Speaking ; 
Physical   Culture  and  Athletics 


Strong  courses  and  high  standards  are  maintained  in  all  of  these  depart- 
ments- 

OTHER  COLLEGES  AND  SCHOOLS. 


Stetson  University  is  primarily  a  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  but  she  maintains 
also  a  College  of  Law,  a  College  of  Technology,  a  Business  College,  a  Normal 
School  and  Teachers'  College,  a  Preparatory  Academy,  a  School  of  Mechanic 
Arts,  a  School  of  Music,  and  a  School  of  Fine  Arts. 

Special  bulletins  of  any  of  these  departments,  or  of  the  College  may  be 
secured  by  addressing  a  request  to  Stetson  University,  DeLand,  Florida. 


SCIENCE    HALL,    STETSON    UNIVERSITY. 

This  is  one  of  the  newest  of  the  seventeen  buildings  belonging  to  Stetson 
University.  It  is  200  feet  long  and  80  feet  wide.  It  is  built  of  brick,  finished  in 
grey  stucco,  in  the  style  of  the  Spanish  Renaissance.  With  its  furnishings,  it 
represents  an  expenditure  of  more  than  $60,000-00.  It  contains  commodious  lec- 
ture rooms  for  the  classes  in  Physics  and  Chemistry,  a  large  general  laboratory, 
for  each  of  these  sciences,  and  a  number  of  private  laboratories. 


ONE    OF    S'l  E'l  SON  S    ATHLETK      TEAMS. 


Athletics  al  Stetson  include  Fool   Ball,  Base  Ball,  Basket  Ball,  Tennis,  and 
a  variety  of  field  sport       The  Stetson  students  maintain  two  strong  foot  ball 
.  three  basted  ball  teams  and  ;i  tenuis  club  with  ;i  very  large  active  mem- 
bership'   The  Stetson  teams  hold  an  interesting  collection  of  athletic  trophies 
enting  intercollegiate  victories  and  State  championships. 


